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Author: Bakst, Léon
Title: Feya Kukol / La Fée des Poupées [The Doll Fairy]. Complete set of 12 postcards [with] Bakst [Inedited Works of Bakst]
Place Published: St. Petersburg; New York
Publisher:A. Ilin for the St. Eugenia Red Cross Society; Brentano's
Date Published: 1904; 1927
Description:

Includes:

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  Feya Kukol. Complete set of 12 chromolithograph postcards. 14.4x9.2 cm (5¾x3½").


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  Inedited Works of Bakst: Essays on Bakst by Louis Réau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier. 127, [1] pp. Illustrated with 30 hand-colored phototypes executed in pochoir at D. Jacomet's Artistic Press, captioned tissue guards, with b&w in-text illustrations and decorations. (Folio) 32.3x25.2 cm (12¾x10"), cloth-backed color illustrated boards, color illustrated jacket, decorative paper-covered slipcase. Text printed at the G. Lang Press. No. 233 of 600 copies of the American edition.

A rare complete set of the Feya Kukol (The Fairy Doll) postcards created to benefit the St. Eugenia Red Cross Society in 1904. The images are taken from Bakst's costume designs for Feya Kukol, a ballet produced at the Hermitage Theater in February of 1903 for the Tsar's family.. Bakst would go on to become one of the most important theater designers of European modernism with important contributions to Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The Inedited Works of Bakst is a lovely production featuring the hallmark 1920's pochoir method of color illustration. Essays in volume include: The Art of Bakst by Vl Svietlov, Leo Bakst, Renovator of the Modern Art by Louis Réau, Considerations on Leo Bakst's Art by Denis Roche, Leo Bakst, Illustrator of Music by A. Tessier, and Reminiscences by V. Svietlov. Included in the lot is a folder with 4 additional Bakst plates or illustrations from various magazines or books.

Four postcards with marks on reverse, light toning and hints of soiling to some cards; slipcase showing light wear; somewhat toned jacket with light edgewear; slight bumps to corners, boards mildly toned; fine internally.